@chocchip

The velocity and the timeframe for my PSA at the time was commensurate with what my research showed as warning signs.

Even so, and with checking PSA levels every three months, I would still have been nervous about active surveillance, whether recommended or not. Every body is different and no doctor can guarantee what happens in that time frame , Where they are checking to make sure that nothing has progressed.

There is also a time period between when one decides a particular treatment and when that treatment finally takes place, especially these days, and anything can happen in your body in that period of time.

Finally, I did consider a removal and although you will hear many stories on this site about successful removal, I felt the process, the recovery and the potential side effects, for me, were not worth the risk.